Thousands of people will be transitioned off cashless debit cards, with the welfare scheme set to be scrapped. auspol 7NEWS
Participants will be allowed to opt out of the cards from September 19, should the legislation pass. All would need to be transitioned off them within six months of the bill becoming law.AAP
“We have listened to First Nations community leaders, service providers and cashless debit card participants in these communities - and we have heard them loud and clear,” she said. Established by the coalition in 2016, the scheme put up to 80 per cent of welfare payments on card which could not be withdrawn for cash or used to buy alcohol.
The debit card scheme had been criticised as racist and unjust by some MPs, with organisations such as the St Vincent de Paul Society saying there was no evidence it improved wellbeing.
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